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I picked up a bunch of zucchini on the weekend and I was thinking about making a raw zucchini salad. I have used zucchini in salads before though mostly thinly sliced and I was thinking that grating it would also be nice. With the Taste of the Danforth Greek food event coming up this weekend here in Toronto I have been thinking about Greek flavours a lot and a Greek style zucchini salad was sounding good. Some of the first things that come to mind when I think about Greek food are extra virgin olive oil, feta, lemons, dill and mint so I added all of them to the salad along with some garlic and a green onion to round things out. This salad was really easy to make and it came together in almost no time. The key to this salad though is letting it chill in the fridge for a couple of hours to over night to let the flavours come out and mingle so you will want to plan on making it ahead of time. Once the flavours have had a chance to come out this salad is really amazing! The salty feta, tart lemon and herbs really come together to make this salad nice and bright and vibrant and light and fresh and good. This salad is nice and refreshing when served still chilled from the fridge on warm summer days.

Greek Style Zucchini Salad

Servings: 2

ingredients

1/2 pound zucchini (grated)

1 tablespoon mint (chopped)

1 tablespoon dill (chopped)

1 green onion (sliced)

1/4 cup feta (crumbled)

1/2 lemon (juice and zest)

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 clove garlic (grated)

salt and pepper to taste

directions

Mix the zucchini, mint, dill,green onions and feta in a large bowl.

Mix the lemon juice, zest, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper in a small bowl.

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comments:

Well, would you look at that (I'm giving this my best Jack Benny look). Kevin, my ideas for zucchini lately needed a major kick in the pants, so this is very timely. And it helps that I already have all of the ingredients. Looks mighty fine!

I'm swimming in zucchini thanks to a ridiculously successful garden this year, so will make this for my dinner party this weekend, along with my fried shoestring zucchini that is delicious and addictive:

Kevin - Hi! I love your recipes - I have quite a few printed out to try. I made this one the other day and it has gone into my "favorite recipes" folder. Love it! Thanks for all the wonderful food ideas and the beautiful pictures.

Hello Kevin! Recently found your blog...it's AMAZING!!!For someone who was bored with his meals you've realy sproused things up!I regulary make your recipes and they always are great! Keep up the good work!

This is so delicious and easy! I had a couple of girlfriends I hadn't seen for 40 years (!) over for lunch and made several different salads. Because I had some zucchini from the farmers market, I thought a zucchini salad would be good, even though I had never made one. I did not include the feta because one of my friends can't eat cheese, and it was still so delicious! Be sure to make it the night before and use fresh dill and mint. Wonderful! Thank you.

This is delicious! I transitioned it into fall with the addition of some spaghetti squash, and as I inexplicably had no lemons on hand (weird), used red wine vinegar instead. Still excellent! Next I'm trying your shrimp and pumpkin bisque, I had some homemade shrimp stock languishing in my freezer, and this is the perfect use. Thanks!

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.